DVLA's January 2024 auction was an online event that ran from Wednesday 10th January to Tuesday 16th January (inclusive)
Top 10
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L1 BYA |
£102,800 |
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8 XP |
£40,154 |
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980 S |
£32,193 |
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7 OMG |
£32,193 |
|
511 AF |
£25,773 |
|
997 GTS |
£23,911 |
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432 O |
£21,921 |
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23 YK |
£21,908 |
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2 OBE |
£21,305 |
|
1 YFD |
£20,329 |
All prices listed include fees and taxes.
BIG SPENDERS
There was no January blues for someone in this auction with the purchaser parting with a very healthy £102,800 for L1 BYA (Libya) the highest price paid in a DVLA auction since July 2023.
Second place was possibly bought for its reference to the Experience Points cryptocurrency? - 8 XP at £40,154. This was one of several similarly themed numbers we've seen at auction in recent years.
In third place was 980 S (£32,193), which would look super cool on a Porsche 980
Lots of other car-themed registrations sold in this sale including:
997 GTS (for Porsche 997 GTS) at £23,911
AMZ 2 (Aston Martin Zagato) at £15,629
V815 LAY (Land Rover V8 Islay) at £11,623
FER 812C (Ferrari 812 Competizione) at £10,005
RED 911T (hopefully for a red Porsche 911) at £8,980
DBX 707X (Aston Martin DBX707) for the bargain price of £6,513
Name number plates
Spanish name 7 ORO (Toro) sold for £19,379 16 UY (1 Guy) sold for £18,120, DEV 7N (Devin) for £12,922 and DAR 10X (Dario X) for £11,366. FA73 MAH (Fatemah) went for £9,222, RY51 NGH (RY Singh) for £9,209 and PB51 NGH (PB Singh) for £8,824.
We've also been observing the trend of name numbers containing numbers that the purchasers seem happy to disregard altogether. A couple of those that appeared in this latest auction were AK17 TAR (Aktar) at £10,365 and FR18 ANK (Frank) at £8,439.
Quirky words
Some quirky numbers were snapped up this time out. STO 13N (Stolen) was indeed a steal at £17,427. BOS 5A (Boss A) sold for £10,172 while WAR 110R (Warrior) was acquired for just £7,283. Visually, one of the best was OCE 34N (Ocean), a bargain at £6,513.
Risqué Abbreviations
We were surprised at OMY 90D (O my god), which achieved £12,008, got released as plates with religious references, or aspects that sensitive people might consider blasphemous have been withheld in the past.
Another which could be seen as containing a very cheeky message was 24 FFS which sold for £15,488 and we are sure you don’t need us to explain this one!
Plates without discernible meaning but which are striking purely in their visual effect have been popular for quite a while now. OOO 100X (£14,204) and S100 OOO (£4,610) are typical of this trend. Examples containing repetition of the letter O, the digit 0 and/or the letter X seem to attract particular interest. They have often sold for higher prices than would previously have been expected.
60 YRS (£11,007) and 1964 S (£14,217) both seem to contain nicely represented, specific time references but beyond that we have no idea.
The stats
January's DVLA online auction comprised 2,500 lots, 2,459 of which were sold and 41 unsold. Purchasers spent a total of £7,091,184, delivering £6,443,424 to the Treasury.
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